What were a few of the things you remember laughing at the most as a kid?

What about now as an adult?

Is there something that lots of other people find humorous that never really makes you laugh?

Do you think Christians are afraid of humor?

How do you think humor can be useful to Christianity?

In your opinion, how is humor different from sarcasm/cynicism?

At what point in life did you really start to embrace the idea “wow, i think I might be funny”?

Why do you want to be funny?

…and a few more. Answering the questions was fun, but I don’t want to steal from Bryan’s blog traffic, so if you want to read my full answers, you’ll have to read his blog post. To further whet your appetite, I will reveal that my answers contained the following phrases:

• angry, hateful comedy

• men getting hit in the naughty bits

• epic smackdown of sarcasm

• Carrot Top Syndrome

• that ravenous need for approval

• I’d talk about Pringles

• died of tuberculosis

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So there you go. Read, comment, and enjoy the horse-and-buggy photos. If you want to comment about my interview, go ahead and do it at Bryan’s blog.

On the comments here, I’m going to ask you to answer two questions posed to me:

What things did you find funny as a kid? What do you now find funny as an adult?

Jason Boyett

Jason Boyett is a writer, speaker, and the author of several books, including O Me of Little Faith (Zondervan), and the Pocket Guide series (Jossey-Bass). His work has appeared in Salon, Paste, The Daily Beast, Relevant, and a variety of other publications. He has also appeared on the History Channel and National Geographic Channel. Jason lives in Texas with his wife and two kids. Follow him at twitter and jasonboyett.com.